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EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER IN BATTERY PACK OF A HOVERBOARD
(2018-05-14)Li-ion cells are used for energy storage and conversion in electric vehicles and a variety of consumer devices such as hoverboards. Performance and safety of such devices is severely affected by overheating of Li-ion cells ... -
Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Mass Transfer In Microreactors
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)In this work, two types of microreactors for reactions have been studied, which were involving multiple fluid phases: liquid-liquid (immiscible liquids) phase and gas-liquid phase. Investigation of mass transfer within ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Concrete Shear Strength of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts under Uniformly Distributed Load
(2018-07-18)This research resulted in the development of a new method for performing displacement control analysis of distributed loads to obtain the ultimate shear strength of structural components. A framework, consisting of several ... -
Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Transesterification Of Vegetable Oil With A Continuous Flow Capillary Reactor
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-10-11)Biodiesel, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME), is a renewable fuel that is a promising alternative to fossil fuels in the future. Biodiesel not only has similar properties to diesel derived from fossil fuel, but it also provides ... -
Experimental and Numerical study of heat transfer phenomenon in a Micro droplet reactor
(2016-12-09)Temperature is an important control parameter during chemical reaction process. Micro reactors have attracted much attention due to its capability of excellent heat and mass transfer, fast reaction, and inherent safety of ... -
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF MARANGONI CONVECTION IN A SANDWICHED DROPLET
(2016-05-10)This research studies velocity fields resulted from the marangoni effect in a microscale droplet sandwiched in parallel plates. Surface tension becomes the dominant driving force as opposed to body forces as we move from ... -
Experimental and numerical study of open bath immersion cooling of microprocessors.
(2020-08-14)The increase on demand of communication and networking has resulted to increase for more powerful servers and bigger data centers. With increase the power of electronics, thermal management and cooling of the equipment ... -
Experimental And Numerical Study Of Phase Transition Of LiFePO₄ Material In Lithium Ion Batteries
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Phase transition behavior of LiFePO4 material has been studied in this work. During electrochemical charge/discharge processes, LiFePO4 transforms into FePO4 and this electrochemically driven phase transition of the two-phase ... -
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL EXPLOSION
(2020-06-05)This research investigates the effect of an accidental explosion of a steam boiler in a boiler room on steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) structure in an industrial facility, using nonlinear analysis in ABAQUS FEA ... -
Experimental And Simulation Board Level Reliability Assessment Of Wafer Level Chip Scale Packages (WCSPs) Under Thermal Cycling
Various studies have been conducted to study the effect of varying board thickness on thermo-mechanical reliability of BGA packages. Wafer level chip scale packages (WLCSP) have also been studied in this regard to determine ... -
Experimental and theoretical studies of fluid-solid coupling processes of tight rock media
(2023-08-24)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: This study covers the application of continuum mechanics in the realm of rock work in geological studies. Continuum mechanics encompasses two major ... -
Experimental Assessment of Rack-Level Dynamic Direct to Chip Liquid Cooling for Data Center and IT Equipment Reliability
(2020-12-10)Data centers are used by organizations for storing, processing and distribution of data. These data centers are run through-out the year due to which their thermal management is a growing concern. A popular way of eliminating ... -
Experimental Characterization Of Femtosecond Laser Micromachining For Silicon Mold Fabrication And Hot Embossing For Polymer Microreplication
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Hot embossing is a fabrication technique employed for replicating microfeatures on a polymer surface that was primarily developed to fabricate MEMS devices for microfluidic applications. This manuscript deals with ... -
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRID COOLED CISCO SERVERS INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF WARM WATER COOLING
(2016-05-10)The information technology (IT) owners are experiencing a greater cooling challenge because of the increase in power density due to modern computational needs. The non-uniform power density in each server is forcing the ... -
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTICALLY SPLIT DISTRIBUTION WET- COOLING MEDIA USED IN DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF DATA CENTER
When operating in direct evaporative cooling (DEC) mode, the amount of moisture added to a system can be controlled by frequently modulating water supply to the wet cooling media. Though many challenges arise due to ... -
EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE MICROMECHANICS OF BRITTLE FRAGMENTATION DURING EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE
(2016-12-09)Various fault damage fabrics, from gouge in the principal slip zone, to fragmented and pulverized rocks in the fault damage zone, have been attributed to brittle deformation at high strain rates during earthquake rupture. ... -
Experimental Evaluation Of FRP Strengthened Concrete Bridge Girders
This report presents the details of research study on the use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) sheets to strengthen the Pre-stressed concrete TxDOT Tx-28 bridge girders in flexure and shear. Four girders were ... -
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF N-MODEL METHODOLOGY
(2019-05-13)Software maintenance is an essential part of the software development life cycle. Usually software engineers use ad hoc approaches to enhance legacy systems in the absence of a systematic methodology. However, there exists ... -
Experimental Feasibility Study Of Radial Injection Cooling Of Three-pad Radial Air Foil Bearings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)Air foil bearings use ambient air as a lubricant allowing environment-friendly operation. When they are designed, installed, and operated properly, air foil bearings are very cost effective and reliable solution to oil-free ... -
Experimental Identification Of Force Coefficients Of Hybrid Air Foil Bearings
(Aerospace Engineering, 2013-03-20)Successful applications for air foil bearings in small to midsize turbo-machinery have been acknowledged. Air foil bearings do not require oil lubricant thus they are capable of operating under much higher temperature than ...